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Rodney Dangerfield Redux
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Rodney Dangerfield Redux

An odd quirk of grammar arises independently in languages all around the world.
The Garden of Palms in Paramaribo, Suriname

The South American creole Sranan contains a perfect example of how the “Rodney Dangerfield pronoun” — as we have taken to calling it — can cement its way into the grammar of a language. John explains.

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Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.